Government will be ‘robustly transparent where appropriate’ on Covid inquiry, minister vows
Amid an almighty row between the cabinet office, the chair of the Covid public inquiry and Boris Johnson over the release of the former PM’s pandemic-era WhatsApp messages, a cabinet minister said the government “intends to be absolutely transparent and candid”. The Covid inquiry chair Baroness Hallett yesterday granted the cabinet office a short extension […]
Government accused of ‘cover-up’ over Covid inquiry WhatsApp row
Lord Kerslake, the former head of the civil service, has said there appear to be attempts at a “cover-up” by the government with ministers set to refuse to hand over unredacted WhatsApps to the official Covid inquiry. As a result, the Covid inquiry and the cabinet office now look to be building to a legal […]
Labour calls for ‘speedy investigation’ into senior Conservative MP lobbying claims
Labour has called for a “speedy investigation” into claims a senior Conservative MP lobbied the head of the NHS on behalf of a firm paying him £1,600 a month. According to leaked WhatsApp messages revealed as part of The Telegraph‘s “lockdown files”, Steve Brine, the chairman of the health select committee, said in a text […]
People will die if the Government doesn’t prioritise fighting health misinformation. Sadly, some already have.
In the first half of 2021, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists found that only 40% of women offered a vaccine for Covid-19 had accepted it. The reason? They were waiting for further, or in some cases, more concrete evidence to reassure them that it was safe for them and their unborn baby. This […]
£4bn ‘unusable’ PPE to be burnt ‘for power’ as modern slavery probe ongoing
The Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) lost 75 per cent of the £12 billion it spent on personal protective equipment (PPE) in the first year of the pandemic to inflated prices and kit that did not meet requirements. This included £4 billion of PPE that will not be used in the NHS and […]
